[Ref Flight International Magazine 14-20 Jan 2020] Bek Air is still pushing its theory that wake turbulence contributed to the loss of a Fokker 100 on 27 December accident, which resulted in 12 fatalities. It appears to show the ailerons, rudder and elevators were active during rotation, as the aircraft experienced lateral and longitudinal instability […]
Category: Safety
Turkish 737 veered off runway before gear collapse
[Ref 3-9 Dec Flight International Magazine] On 21 November 2019, Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 (TC-JGZ) had been operating flight TK467 from Istanbul. It suffered a gear collapse at Odessa had initially veered off the runway while landing. The aircraft executed a go-around during its first landing approach. Later, the aircraft touched down on runway 16 but, during […]
Crashed 737 pushed into dive during go-around
[Ref flightglobal.com, aviation-safety.net] On 17 November 2013, the crew of the Tatarstan Boeing 737-500 engaged go-around thrust after assessing the aircraft’s position relative to the runway. The autopilot was disconnected and the aircraft flown manually. As the engines increased power the crew retracted the 737’s flaps from the 30° position to 15°. But the thrust […]
Flydubai 737 crash captain mentally unprepared for go-around
[Ref 3-9 Dec Flight International Magazine, aviation-safety.net] Occurrence Date/Time 19 March 2016 Aircraft Type Boeing 737-800 (A6-FDN) Flight / Operator Flydubai POB 62 (7 Crew + 55 PAX) Description Over 1h 40min passed before its crew requested descent for a second landing attempt. This attempt was also aborted, nearly 2h after the first. With the […]
Gear-up 727 captain ignored warnings
[Ref Flight International | 19-25 November 2019 P.12] Occurrence Date/Time 28 January 2019 Aircraft Type Boeing 727-200 freighter (N720CK) Flight / Operator Kalitta Charters II POB 4 Crews Description Notes: On the day before 28 January 2019 (the accident) a different crew, also arriving at Tuscaloosa, had similarly experienced an indication that the nosegear had […]
A320 nursed home after runway strike
[Ref Flight International | 12-18 November 2019] On 28 February 2018, a SmartLynx A320 (ES-SAN) did not respond to sidestick rotation commands as it accelerated for take-off, the plane is written off due to badly damage after touchdown at Tallinn. However, only minor injuries were suffered by those on board. Estonian investigation authority OJK credits the […]
“ill-fated” 737 Max crew left ‘unaware’ of prior flight’s problems
[Ref 5-11 Nov 2019 Flight International Magazine] Pilots of the Lion Air Boeing 737 Max which crashed shortly after departing Jakarta in 2019 had been unaware of the control problems experienced by the crew of the same aircraft on the inbound service (from Denpasar) Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) investigation authority says this awareness […]
Boeing’s MCAS design based on flawed assumptions
[Ref 5-11 Nov 2019 Flight International Magazine] Indonesia’s NTSC investigation authority says Boeing’s preliminary hazard assessment of MCAS, carried out on a full-flight simulator in 2012, examined crew responses to uncommanded MCAS activation “regardless of underlying cause” – a failure such as erroneous angle-of-attack sensor data, leading to unreliable airspeed alerts, stick-shaker activation, and other alarms […]
Lion Air crash report reveals multiple failings
[Ref 5-11 Nov 2019 Flight International Magazine] Indonesian accident investigators have uncovered numerous failings relating to the design and operation of the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) on the Boeing 737 Max, as well as operational deficiencies at Lion Air. Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) found that: Boeing’s testing and development of MCAS was […]
Shorts 330 crash flags non-compliance
[Ref Flight International | 8-14 October 2019 p.14] The accident was happened on 5 May 2017 when a Shorts 330 freighter attempting to land at Charleston, Virginia. The plane departed the left side of the runway, its left wing breaking away, and the aircraft tumbled into rough ground. Neither of the two crew members, the only occupants, […]